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* 2017-01-07: Version 3.8.5:
** fixes:
- fix check for support of utf8 in current locale. It could happen
that UTF8 support has been disabled on runtime even though UTF8
was actually available.
- fix entry filtering in path jump when only sub-directories are
shown. It had included directories which started with the same
name as the currently selected.
- fix compilation on NetBSD
** other changes:
- improved saving and restoring main window position and size on
exit and restart. It will now remember maximized state and also
the position on multiple screens.
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2016-09-17: Version 3.8.4:
** new features:
- add new command "View newest files" to list all files that have
been modified at the day as the newest file in the current
directory. The result can be panelized to continue working with
those files. This is helpful to catch up work from the previous
day or more far away in the past.
** other changes:
- improved writing persistent path database so the new file becomes
valid only when it has been written completely.
* 2016-04-24: Version 3.8.3:
** fixes:
- fix possible crashes in out-of-memory situations when using some X
functions.
** other changes:
- when replacing flags for command execution (and similar uses),
both the file and its directory have been stored in the persistent
path database. Now only the file is stored so that only the access
probability of the file increases.
- improved symlink handling when calculating relative
symlinks. Worker now uses the shorter path for either the target
or the realpath of the target. This has effect for symlinks stored
in locations with symlinked directories.
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2016-02-01: Version 3.8.2:
** new features:
- the path jump dialog allows to filter for entries newer than a
given time period.
- add support for quick filtering the list view for modification or
file access time. The keywords are timemod (or tm) and timeaccess
(or ta) for the filter expression. You can use absolute times, for
example: (tm>=2015-12-31) or relative times, for example:
(tm>=1d). For absolute times, greater means younger than the date,
for relative times it means older than the the given time span
from now. Get more info here:
http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/worker/documentation/features/filtering.html
** fixes:
- the cleanup of the persistent path jump database works again and
is also much faster.
- in the path jump window, the button for ignoring the last access
time now actually works (the keyboard shortcut was already
working).
** other changes:
- the path jump database will now be updated for copy and move
operations to find files even if they are moved.
- the persistent path jump database uses a lock file to avoid
concurrent write access from multiple Worker instances.
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2015-10-10: Version 3.8.1:
** new features:
- the internal text view got a new search line which also shows the
line of the current match (if any). Also, it is now possible to
search backwards, or to restart the search from the top of the
document. There are also some tooltips showing the keyboard
shortcuts. The text view window will no longer close when escape
is pressed, as escape can be used to deactivate the search text
field.
- added case-insensitive sort mode which can be configured in the
general settings.
- the command bound to a button is shown when the button clicked
while the Control key is pressed.
** fixes:
- fixed sorting in path jump UI, initial view was not sorted by last
access.
** other changes:
- the internal file viewer will no longer close the window when escape is
pressed.
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2015-07-18: Version 3.8.0:
** new features:
- added new command "change columns" to change the visible columns
used in the active list view. The configuration is the same as for
the global list view settings. Running the command twice,
i.e. applying the same column set again, will switch back to
global settings.
This command can be used for example to use two different views,
one only few columns, and a second for a more detailed view.
- a comma separated list of patterns may be used now for file type
name check. There is a new option in the file type configuration
to enable this feature.
- the context menu for file type actions will show the command to be
executed in the state bar
** fixes:
- fixed crash in internal view when it is called with no element
** other changes:
- changed filter in command menu is only applied if the result view
will not be empty
- added configuration option for the volume manager to prefer udisks
version 1 or 2
- the delete dialog shows an additional warning if there are entries
selected for deletion that are not visible
- added tooltips for some buttons in the main window to make it
easier for new users to find out the meaning of the buttons
* 2015-06-05: Version 3.7.1:
** new features:
- added support for udisks2
- the path jump database now also stores the last access time and
sorts the suggestions when filtering based on that time
- the path jump window also allows to hide non-existing entries, and
optionally remove them from the persistent database as well
** fixes:
- fixed crash when starting some commands on empty list views
(reported by Anindya Mukherjee)
** other changes:
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2015-05-08: Version 3.7.0:
** new features:
- added new command "change time" to change the modification and
last access time of files and directories.
- the copy operation has a new option to adjust relative
symlinks. The feature has three possible values.
- The default value will never adjust symlinks, i.e. Worker will
use the symlink target as is.
- The second value allows to adjust symlinks pointing to a file
outside of the copy directory so that the new symlink still
points to the same file. With this option, symlinks pointing
inside the copy directory remain unchanged, other symlinks
pointing outside the copy directory will be modified to point to
the original file.
- The third value will adjust all relative symlinks to point to
the original files.
- the copy operation also has a new option to ensure special file
permissions.
- it is possible to set user read and write permissions on all
files copied.
- additionally, read permissions for the group or all users
can be added to file permissions.
- this is especially useful when copying files from read-only
devices (such as dvd roms) so that the files will get write
permissions again.
- the change symlink command got some new features:
- the command can be configured to make symlink absolute or
relative (or just editing them as before).
- the edit dialog contains a new button to switch the current
symlink text from absolute to relative location and vice versa.
- the registered command "selectentry" now supports an optional
argument to set the number of entries to select, and the
direction. Positive numbers will select the corresponding number
of elements starting and following the current elements, while
negative numbers select the previous elements. The strings
"pageup", "pagedown", "p", "-p" can also be used to select a whole
page of entries. The example config and the config updates
contain example usages bound to
Shift+PageUp/PageDown/CursorUp/CursorDown.
- added ignore case option to the file type check based on libmagic.
** fixes:
- fixes text selection in text view when it is scrolled horizontally
** other changes:
- create symlink now uses the real path of the destination when
generating a relative symlink. This avoids creating invalid
symlinks.
- the copy operation shows the failed command additionally to the
error message to make it easier to understand the error.
- the list view header line now indicates the current sort order.
- the text viewer now uses the size of a symlink target for file
size check.
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
- updated Russian translation
* 2015-03-21: Version 3.6.2:
** fixes:
- the flatten_dir command now also works for virtual directories
- some inotify events are skipped to avoid unnecessary directory updates
(especially on BSD systems because of different descriptor
enumeration)
** other changes:
- improved performance of pathjump UI when filtering the entries
- added more lua versions as supported versions in configure script
- improved configure script to give more hints about missing
packages for certain features
- added configure check for libinotify
- the file name of the viewed file is now also shown in window title
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2015-02-14: Version 3.6.1:
** new features:
- added general setting to use extended regular expressions instead
of basic regular expressions
- the label popup menu now remembers the last selected item and
highlights it for the following usages, unless the menu is closed
without selected any item
- added option to "Open context menu" command to highlight the first
user action in the menu when opening it. It makes accessing those
user actions faster with the keyboard.
** fixes:
- some compilation fixes for clang compiler
- fixed a visual glitch in the move operation which always tries to
scroll the list view to show the current file being moved. In some
cases, the list view was scrolled to the wrong position so the
current element moved was not on top of the list view.
** other changes:
- if the expression for filtering list view content contains a file
type check and a file type is not yet checked for a given file,
the expression is now always true. Also, when file type check is
completed, the view is updated to reflect the actual file
types. For example, if the directory is updated with file type
reset option, previously the filter matched nothing. Now the type
check matches always, and only at the end of the type detection,
the filter is re-evaluated.
- the rename dialog now converts invalid file names (according to
the current encoding) into valid ones, stripping invalid
characters. This helps for renaming latin1 based file names in an
utf8 environment. Accordingly, the change symlink dialog does the
same for the link target.
- added workaround code to free XLI resources in the show image
mode. This avoids leaking X resources everytime the mode is turned
off again.
- added configure support for clang
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2015-01-08: Version 3.6.0:
** new features:
- improved list view (temporary) filtering by supporting more
complex expressions.
- If the first character of the entered filter
string starts with a "(", the string is evaluated as a boolean
expression. This allows to combine checks for name, file type,
size, and selection state. This is an example:
"((n~foo|n=bar)&s>10m)" which means the name is either exactly
"bar" or contains the characters "f", "o", and "o" and the size is
larger than 10 megabytes.
- More documentation can be found here:
http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/worker/documentation/features/filtering.html
- There is some interactive help shown in the statebar about how
the expression should be continued. All possible alternatives at
the end of the current string are shown after waiting one second.
- added registered command "vdir_from_selected" which creates a new
virtual directory containing all selected entries from the current
directory (be it a real one or already a virtual one). The default
config contains a corresponding button to activate this command,
updating Worker from an older version will ask to import that
button.
- added registered command "vdir_add_selected_from_other_side" which
adds all selected entries from the inactive panel to the current
virtual directory. If the current directory is not virtual, a new
virtual directory will be created. The default config contains a
corresponding button to activate this command, updating Worker
from an older version will ask to import that button.
- when activating the search entry mode two times without entering
anything in between (usually by just pressing Ctrl-s twice), the
previously used filter string is inserted. This is useful to
re-apply a filter to the same or different directory, or to refine
a filter (like the new expression based filter).
- added on-demand file type check for not yet known entries when
double clicking/pressing enter on an entry or trying to open the
context menu. With a lot of files, it may take some time until the
active entry is actually checked, so this change helps speeding up
the handling of such files.
** fixes:
- fixed possible deadlock in subprocess handling when executing
external commands. In some cases Worker was still waiting for the
end of a command even it the executed program exited already.
** other changes:
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2014-11-08: Version 3.5.2:
** new features:
- added new configuration options (in initial directory section) to
store and restore tabs. If enabled, Worker stores the opened
directories and restores the tabs in the next session. It can be
automatically or by asking interactively. There are also command
line arguments to force the behavior.
** fixes:
- fixed window layout when changing layout styles. Some GUI elements
were not resized correctly.
- fixed saving the configuration if the .worker directory is a
symlink to another directory containing the configuration files.
** other changes:
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Russian translation
* 2014-10-02: Version 3.5.1:
** new features:
- the startprog command now also allows to use the flags from the own
command to be replaced with the selected files etc. It is now
possible to enter commands like "ls -l {a}". As a side effect, the
string protection rules changed, so that backslashes need to be
entered as double backslashes and the characters { and } need to be
protected with a backslash if they are supposed to be part of the
final command string. As before, the default file name is still
protected to be usefull with modifications.
- added additional GUI face definition for popup menus: "popup-bg",
"popup-fg", and "popup-submenu-arrow"
** other changes:
- if copy is started while the inactive panel is not the directory
mode, the dialog asking for the directory now allows to skip this
dialog as long the path is still the same as the one accepted
in the last dialog.
- some changes to make it compile with gcc 4.6 again
* 2014-08-16: Version 3.5.0:
** new features:
- added system to modify the colors of the GUI elements by using
so-called faces. The colors of general GUI elements can be
configured by modifying the faces values in the configuration of
the UI. The Worker specific UI elements can still be configured
separately as before.
- added info line below list view to show additional information
regarding the current entry. The content of this line is
configurable in the directory mode configuration. It can be either
a string with special flags replaced by file name, file size,
symlink destination, etc. Or, if LUA is available, the string can
be evaluated with LUA for complete programmable content. The line
can be disabled.
** other changes:
- improved the persistent path jump database to update the data base
file in a background thread. This significantly increases the
performance if the option to store all used files is enabled and a
large number of files is used for executing an external program.
- directories are now updated when switching tabs
- the breadcrumb path is now stored separately for each tab
- if copy is started while the inactive panel is not the directory
mode, the directory previously shown is used as default value for
the target dialog.
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Russian translation
(Thanks to Serg Markov)
* 2014-06-09: Version 3.4.1:
** new features:
- added breadcrumb navigation line to quickly change directories. It
can be disabled in the configuration of the directory mode.
- the copy window of background copy operations remains opened
after finish. There is a new checkbox to select this behavior
(keep or close the copy window).
** fixes:
- search mode is no longer activated on key press if that key is
part of a double shortkey.
- fixed memory leak in text view mode (text GUI elements have not
been removed properly when switching mode off).
** other changes:
- it is now possible again to show the ".." entry in the list view.
There is a configuration option in the corresponding configuration
of the directory mode. It is a fake element that does not show
the file system values of the real ".." entry of a directory.
- skip remaining space check for copy if total space is zero (in
case this information is invalid)
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Russian translation
(Thanks to Serg Markov)
* 2014-05-01: Version 3.4.0:
** new features:
- copy operations can be put into background so Worker can be used
normally while copying
- added configuration option to place the path field on top of the
list view (in list view settings)
- added some keyboard shortcuts to the text field
(Ctrl-x/c/v for cut/copy/paste, Meta-f/b for next/prev word)
- added new registered command "go_to_previous_dir" which
jumps to through the cache of directories.
In the default configuration, the key Backspace is bound to
this command.
- added option to path jump feature to always stored files in the
database which are used for commands
** fixes:
- clicking into the path field activates the corresponding list view
again
** other changes:
- improved internal database of often used commands in the command
menu so support entries with the same name but different commands
assigned to it (like two "status" buttons for svn and git)
- warn if more than 100% of a file has been copied (due to file size
changes during copy)
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
* 2014-03-06: Version 3.3.3:
** new features:
- added new registered command "flatten_dir" to show all files in
all sub-directories in a flat view (as a virtual directory). This
is a shortcut for searching for all files and then panelizing the
results.
A corresponding button is available as an update (Worker asks
after first start to add this button).
- in ScriptOp command configuration, the eval_command section now
shows all registered commands to choose from.
- unified xliwrapper and displaywrapper script to choose the best
available viewer for the show image mode.
- the filterselect/unselect command now selects the best matching
previous filter based on the file currently active. If none is
found, the file extension of the current file is used for the
default value.
- the path jump now also stores the file used after jumping to a
directory to make accessing often used files much faster.
- added isBrokenSymlink() function to the extended file type test,
allowing to match such symlinks and set custom actions or colors.
A corresponding file type is available as an update (Worker
asks after first start to add this type).
** fixes:
- implemented workaround for keyboard focus loss with some XIM
servers.
Worker should identify stuck keyboard and asks to enable
workaround.
- path text field will be restored to correct previous value if Escape
has been pressed.
- fixed bug in search entry function which jump to the next entry
even if another window is actually opened.
** other changes:
- mentioned all important files in .worker configuration directory.
- search window title now contains the path and pattern for the
search currently shown.
- it is now possible to select multiple file types in the
configuration to delete them all together.
- the command history in the start prog interface now does not store
the command if it starts with a space.
* 2014-01-20: Version 3.3.0:
** new features:
- several path jump improvements:
- it is possible to hold the currently visible entries and reset the filter.
This allows to refine a search with a new filter.
- holding entries is also possible depending on the match class (best matches only,
second best matches also, and so on).
- a separate list view shows the number of matches for each class and the corresponding
key to hold those entries (Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-9).
- Ctrl-0 will release the held entries.
- it is now also possible the show the path jump matches in the list view as a virtual
directory (panelize button).
- the command menu now also temporarily highlights the button which corresponds to the
current entry in the menu.
- the start prog interface now supports command completion based on the commands previously
used. The best match will be suggested directly, others are available for selection
with cursor up/down. Completion can be disabled by changing the cursor position.
- the behavior of parent dir/enter active dir (left and right cursor keys) have been
improved for virtual dirs. With the right key, the virtual dir is refined to only
contain those entries that have the same base directory as the current one.
The left key will search the cache for best matching parent virtual dir.
This allows for better browsing of virtual directories.
** fixes:
- when activating the entry search with a key press, the pressed key is now
correctly used for the initial character. Also, the characters are matched
from the beginning, not inside, by default (no implicit * at the beginning).
** other changes:
- the old directory mode has been removed. The list view bar on top of the list view
shows whether a real directory or a virtual one is shown.
- improved window placement so some windows are not created at a fixed position (top left)
(depending on the window manager placement strategy).
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
- updated Russian translation
(Thanks to Serg Markov)
* 2013-12-16: Version 3.2.1:
** new features:
- command menu shows also the assigned shortkey if available
- the search entry can be activated without ctrl-s by pressing a key.
The feature can be disabled in the configuration of the virtual dir mode.
- if the search windows is opened from a virtual directory, it searches
only those entries
- added new entries to the command menu to
- switch list modes
- open list mode configuration
- access registered commands
- search entry in list mode now highlights the matching characters
temporarily
- bookmark dialog and path jump dialog also highlights matching
characters when applying a filter
** fixes:
- fixed copy time estimation when renaming files
- jumping to next matching entry with ctrl-s works now also
for flexible matching
- command menu is updated after reconfiguration
- file type recognition on content did not work for empty directories
even after reload
** other changes:
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
* 2013-11-18: Version 3.2.0:
** new features:
- added command menu to access menus, buttons, hotkeys with keyboard.
There is a new command called "command menu" which opens a window
showing all registered commands and menus. It is possible to select
an entry with the cursor keys or by entering a filter string.
- added a filter in the "start prog" dialog in the tab for handling
as a specific file type.
- the list view bar shows a text while reading a directory to give
better visual feedback about the state.
- added an update feature to import new configuration items to
an existing configuration when starting a newer version. Worker
will ask to import new hotkeys, buttons, and filetypes. It's
possible to modify the items to import or skip this update.
- added file type option to use the MIME description from libmagic
instead of the plain text description.
** fixes:
- fixed pattern rename script to work with virtual directories.
- the move operation in the virtual dir mode now correctly highlights
the entry currently moved.
- the directory size command in the virtual dir mode now updates the
entries correctly during calculation.
- delete in virtual dir mode now removes the deleted entries during
the operation, not just at the end.
- fixed external command execution if the tmp directory is mounted
with NOEXEC option.
- virtual dir mode ignored the list of directories to ignore for
content check for file types
** other changes:
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Russian translation
(Thanks to Serg Markov)
* 2013-10-06: Version 3.1.0:
** new features:
- all commands now also works within the new virtual dir mode (introduced
in Worker 3.0.0)
- configuration of the virtual dir mode is now possible
- filters are also working
- the virtual dir mode is now the default mode but the old directory
mode is still available
- added option to file search to only match files (new default) or
also directories (has been the default value in the past)
- panelize feature in search UI and changing list view to show match
can now be activated with key F2 and F1 respectively
** fixes:
- the volume manager sometimes did not report new devices (optical discs)
- skipping symlinks in copy did reduced the total number of bytes remaining
incorrectly
** other changes:
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2013-06-24: Version 3.0.0:
** new features:
- add new list view mode "virtual dir mode" which is able to
show so called virtual directories. Those directories may contain
entries from different actual directories.
This mode is used to panelize search results. Limited features
from the main directory mode is available but it is planned to
eventually replace the normal directory mode.
The following features are available:
- browse regular directories
- tabs
- directory cache
- context menu
- bookmarks
- filetype recognition
- executing external programs
- a C++11 compatible compiler is required now. Not all features
must be supported though. For GCC, it must be version 4.6 at least.
- the configuration dialog for the list view modes has been changed to
make the usage easier. This can be accessed by right-clicking on the
list view bar or calling the command "file lister settings" (bound
to Ctrl-F1/F2)
** fixes:
- copy & paste of UTF8 strings works now correctly
- disabled fast copy mode. If files are moved in fast copy mode to a
different device (i.e. files are copied and deleted afterwards),
already freed memory is accessed. This could lead to crashes, or
incomplete removal of correctly copied files, or deletion of wrong files
(even though this is very unlikely ).
Bug existed at least since version 2.0.0 so this mode was probably never
used and will be removed.
** other changes:
- XFT is now enabled by default
- configurations in old binary format (Worker 1 and early Worker 2
version) can no longer be loaded.
- set the X window type for dialogs to improve handling
in some window managers.
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Russian translation
(Thanks to Serg Markov)
* 2012-11-22: Version 2.19.6:
** other changes:
- reload due to inotify event does not deactivate the search entry
mode
- in the text view, pressing Enter or n will search for next match
even if the text field is not active
- path jump also shows other matching entries even there are some
perfect matches
- some improvements were made to the default config (cleanups for
file types, buttons; new buttons for volume manager and path jump;
default fonts)
* 2012-09-04: Version 2.19.5:
** new features:
- added evaluate command in ScriptOp command which makes it easier to
add new commands
- added "recenter_top_bottom" command which centers the current entry
(or put it on top or bottom of the list view). It's bound to "C-l
C-l" in the default configuration.
- improved entry search mode: pressing / will enter the directory of
the current entry which keeping the search enabled. The first entry
of the entered directory will be highlighted to make browsing
faster. Backspace in an empty search will go to the parent
directory.
- added directory watching with inotify. In case of changes, the
directory will be automatically reloaded. This behavior can be
disabled in the file lister configuration.
- added button next to the path field to directly access file lister
configuration.
- file copy offers a retry option in case of errors (due to out of
space or other errors).
- file copy asks to continue if the free space on the target directory
is less than the sum of the bytes to copy.
- added slider to button banks to visualize the currently displayed
bank.
** other changes:
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
* 2012-07-05: Version 2.19.4:
** new features:
- hints about Worker features and key shortcuts are shown in the
clockbar. The feature can be disabled in the clockbar
configuration.
- it is now possible to filter commands in the configuration of
buttons, file types, and hotkeys.
** fixes:
- the remaining time for copying files based on the current transfer
rate showed wrong values when the overwrite dialog was visible.
- improved text pasting into QT applications (and possibly other
environments too).
** other changes:
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
* 2012-06-15: Version 2.19.3:
new features:
- added xinerama support for windows which try to be as large as
possible.
- the path jump UI has been improved to allow to only show sub-
directories of the currently selected entry and path component.
It makes navigation easier if many entries exist.
- the path jump UI supports removing non-existing entries from the
persistent list of visited directories.
- text can now be selected with the mouse in the internal text
viewer, the string will be copied into the clipboard.
fixes:
- the path text area is not cleared when just pressing a key for jumping
to the next entry beginning with that character.
* 2012-03-29: Version 2.19.2:
new features:
- it's now possible to enter (or paste) full file names into the
path text field. Worker will change to that directory and highlight
the file.
- added command "copy string to clipboard" which copies an arbitrary
string into the clipboard for pasting that into other applications.
Regular flag replacement will be done so it's possible to copy
the file into the clipboard. The root file type in the default config
contains an example action for this.
- added persistent store for the path jump command which stores
all visited directories. All running Worker instances share this
database. The feature must be enabled explicitly by setting a
list of directories which are allowed to be tracked.
- improved the matching algorithm in the path jump command to favor
matching entries with less non-matching characters. A quality value
is shown to make it easier to identify the wanted entry.
- the path jump command now also can show all entries known to the
database. By default only the paths visited in the current session
are shown. The other entries are all bookmarks and all entries
from the persistent path store.
fixes:
- fixed date replacement strings for the time columns to correctly
work with utf8 strings (the replacement for "today", "tomorrow", and
"yesterday")
* 2012-02-19: Version 2.19.1:
fixes:
- fixed memory leak and large cpu usage in the dbus code for udisks.
* 2012-01-31: Version 2.19.0:
new features:
- context menus (and double click commands) now can access all
selected entries instead of just the clicked one. All flags
for external commands can be used now but there is one difference
to regular call (via buttons or hotkeys): the flag for first
selected entry will be the highlighted entry (double clicked or
selected with context menu).
- added support for using udisks instead of HAL in the volume
manager. Only simple stuff like mounting, unmounting, ejecting
devices, but no authentication support.
- added new command "path jump" to quickly access already
visited path by using type-ahead filter and breadcrumb-like
navigation. In the default configuration the command is mapped
to the key "/". When started, it shows all visited directories.
Parent directory are merged with deeper directories so only
the longest path is used. All path components can be selected
with left or right keys.
Also, it is possible to enter a filter so only those entries
are shown which match (either by the complete string or
by using flexible matching). The path component matching
the filter will be highlighted for direct use. For example,
if /c and /a/b/c has been visited, the dialog will show both
directories. If "c" is entered, still both are visible but if
"ac" is entered, only /a/b/c is visible and the last path component
"/c" will be highlighted. If "ab" is entered, /a/b/c will still
be visible but /b will be highlighted.
If a filter is entered but no entry matches, then a matching
bookmark entry will be shown instead making it easy to access
bookmarks as well with the same dialog.
fixes:
- fixed memory leak in the experimental XFT support
- fixed saving a configuration if no other configuration file exists
other changes:
- added second prediction for end of copy time based on the current
rate (rather than the average rate).
- changed the default config to use a common root file type to
make global file type configuration easier.
- when adding bookmarks with the label context menu, directories
no longer use the "use parent directory" flag.
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
- updated Russian translation and Ukrainian translation
(Thanks to Serg Markov and Pavlo Greenberg)
* 2011-09-30: Version 2.18.1:
new features:
- the own command now creates temporary copies of virtual files
for all flags (like {t}). The advantage is that external programs
can access file in archives, remote sites and so on but changes
are not copied back.
This behavior can be disabled for each own command separately.
- temporary files will deleted after the external program exits.
This is important for programs ran in background so temporary
copies live as long as the program using them.
- when creating temporary files, a progress is shown in the
state bar when it takes longer to copy it from the virtual
file
- the volume manager now also has keyboard shortcuts for open
and close ('o' and 'c')
- the search dialog now allows to jump to the selected entry
but keeping the search window opened. This can be done by
right-clicking the corresponding button in the window.
fixes:
- the status information hasn't been refreshed correctly when the
search finished
- fixed an endless loop in the tab completion with disabled utf8
support
other changes:
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
- updated Russian translation and Ukrainian translation
(Thanks to Pavlo Greenberg)
* 2011-07-15: Version 2.18.0:
new features:
- the search dialog is now also asynchronous. That means that the window
can remain opened and new windows can also be opened for different
searches. The window share the same stored results but results
currently shown in a search window cannot be accessed by a different
window.
- the search UI has been improved to better handle large number
of results (faster update)
fixes:
- closing the configuration no longer resets custom column widths
- the active entry in the search window now stays at the highlighted
line when removing entries
- fixed display bug in text view when a selection is at the end of a
line and word wrapping is enabled.
other changes:
- removing a search result does no longer remove all results for the
same file but will only remove the entry for the corresponding line
number
* 2011-06-02: Version 2.17.13:
fixes:
- fixed bug in directory reload which prevented attributes from the directory
cached to be restored (if version string compare is enabled)
other changes:
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2011-05-27: Version 2.17.12:
new features:
- improved searching entries in list view. Flexible matching is used
if the pattern doesn't match directly. In this mode, any entered character
must be found in the same order but there may be any other characters
between them. For example, entering "abc" would also match on "xaybzc" but
not on "xayczb" since the former contains abc in the same order but not the
latter. There is a new option in the search entry command to disable
this behavior (it is enabled by default). If flexible matching is used,
the list view bar will show a leading ~ before the actual string.
- The entry search now also shows completions which can be completed by
hitting the TAB key.
- added a global option (in the general settings) to use strverscmp (if
available on the system). The option is enabled by default. The name sort
will respect numbers inside file names. For example, foo10 is sorted after
foo2 which was previously not the case.
- added a new command to switch the button bank
other changes:
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Russian translation and Ukrainian translation
(Thanks to Pavlo Greenberg)
* 2011-03-17: Version 2.17.11:
new features:
- added new list view mode for quick viewing text files.
- the text view will now read more of the shown file when the end of the
file has been reached.
- improved search: there is a new limit for searches in archives to prevent
endless loops. The default value is 3 so the search stops in archives in
archives in archives. But any other limit can be set in the search options.
Also, when refining search results, enabling search archives works
reliable.
- The available commands in the configuration for buttons, file types, and
hotkeys are now classified into categories to make it easier to find
commands.
- There are new popup menus for the list view tabs.
fixes:
- fixed text view scrolling if the slider buttons are used
other changes:
- Worker will show a short message if an external command exits with an
exit code != 0
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2011-01-30: Version 2.17.10:
new features:
- the history of patterns used for filter selection are persistent
for all worker instances.
- the list of all shortkeys can be sorted
- the copy dialog uses human readable representations for the number
of bytes (MB/GB/...)
fixes:
- when the maximum command line length has been reached for an external
command the last file name has been truncated (for example, if {a} is
used in an external command). This no longer happens. Now a dialog ask
to continue with all files fitting in the command line or completely
abort executing the external command.
- the text selected in a text area hasn't been copied to the
X clipboard if Shift+Home/End has been used
- the AVFS module used for the "ftp connection" command is stored in
the configuration as well (AVFS ftp or ucftp module)
other changes:
- list of activated features has been improved in the about window
- the maximum command line length has been increased (depending on the
actual system). External programs can be used with more arguments
which is important for flags like {a}
- empty menus no longer appear for eject/close tray if no device
could be found
- slightly changed determination of the free space of devices so it
gets updated more often.
* 2010-08-31: Version 2.17.9:
new features:
- the bookmark manager now stores the number of accesses for each
bookmark. When using "find-as-you-type" the entry with most uses
is suggested making typical bookmark usage much faster.
- added configuration option to use a custom font for the file
viewer.
- the file viewer is now asynchronous so a window does not need to
be closed to continue. Due to internal limitations the file
viewer window may not react in every situation.
- added support for ejecting devices and closing trays in the volume
manager. The list of volumes can also be updated without closing
the window.
The command to eject or to close the tray can be configured in the
volume manager settings in case HAL support is not available.
fixes:
- file type recognition based on libmagic now works also on symlinked
files.
other changes:
- updated Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
- updated Czech translation
(Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- new Ukrainian translation and updated Russian translation
(Thanks to Pavlo Greenberg)
- updated Italian catalog
(Thanks to Giulio Canevari)
- added worker.desktop file for menu entry in DEs
(Thanks to Tobias Quathamer)
* 2010-06-24: Version 2.17.8:
fixes:
- fixed possible lockup when starting external programs
- fixed color for line numbers in text view
other changes:
- updated Czech translation (Thanks to Petr Korviny)
* 2010-06-16: Version 2.17.7:
new features:
- it is now possible to enter new labels in the popup menu.
- for own command and "start prog" command the output of the external
program can be displayed with the internal viewer.
- added new column to show file sizes in a human readable format (mb,gb,...)
- the volume manager now also shows the volume label and size (if reported
by HAL).
fixes:
- new device detection didn't work correctly if hal and fstab entries
are mixed.
- fixed wrong number display with thousands separator that uses more than
one byte (utf8).
- fixed small visual glitch with list view redraw when moving files.
If a dialog comes up it was possible that the wrong entry was displayed.
other changes:
- files which cannot be stat'ed will be visible in the list view now.
A dialog will no longer come up.
- devices hidden in the volume manager will not be reported as new.
- when opening the bookmark manager a best matching entry will be searched
if the currently active entry is not stored as a bookmark.
- changed method to run external programs which also makes the cygwin
workaround flag in the configure script unnecessary.
- slightly improved determination of free space to reduce update delays.
* 2010-03-01: Version 2.17.6:
new features:
- the event handling has been improved so the process does not wake up
too often. That might be beneficial for laptop users to save battery
power.
- Worker now opens a dialog when new devices become available to ask
what to do with them (mount them, open volume manager or do
nothing). There is a new option in the volume manager section to
disable this behavior.
- it is now possible to sort the file list by file permissions
- the layout configuration has an additional option to apply the
list view weight relatively to the active side. That makes it
possible to set the current side to 80% of the window width
regardless of whether it is the left or right side.
- there is a new command option --config to choose a different
configuration directory.
other changes:
- HAL support status is shown in about window.
- improved built-in configuration to be slightly more useful in case
no other configuration is found.
- the button for editing the list of hidden devices in the volume
manager has been removed, the dialog can be accessed with the
secondary button function of the hide button.
fixes:
- improved detection of new devices. Sometimes they were reported
multiple times or never (if they have been reconnected).
* 2009-11-10: Version 2.17.5:
new features:
- added volume manager to mount and unmount devices
- devices can be mounted via HAL if available and by traditional
fstab mount
- Worker shows an information in the state bar if a new device becomes
available
- A new command "Volume manager" is available to access the corresponding
UI (the hotkey can be downloaded from the add-ons section at the
homepage). The default key is Alt+v.
- Commands used to mount/unmount devices can be configured in a new
config section (only required if HAL is not used)
other changes:
- file list filter is shown in list view bar
- added configure option --enable-cygwin-workaround so Worker runs without
problems on Cygwin
- updated Italian, Latvian and Czech translation
* 2009-06-02: Version 2.17.4:
new features:
- added "change layout" operation to change the main window layout during
runtime
- different weights may be used for the list views
- added option to the "search entry" operation to match inside file name
- Worker shows possible keys for double shortkeys in the state bar
fixes:
- fixed message about importing special file types, original and new one
was swapped
- fixed bug for label colors, it was possible that a color from an entry
in a sub directory was used instead of the correct one
other changes:
- added Latvian translation
(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
- changed tab text to only show base name instead of full path
- added some hotkeys to default configuration for layout changes:
Ctrl+l 1 will make left list view wider (80%/20% partitioning)
Ctrl+l 2 will make both list views use 100% of the window width
- added some hotkeys to show current path on the other side in a new tab
(Alt+o and Alt+Shift+o)
- the "go to directory" operation now accepts file names and will highlight
the given file in the corresponding directory.
There is an example button "go symlink" to follow a symlink to its real
destination
- changed mount/unmount button to give some message if the operation failed
* 2009-03-12: Version 2.17.3:
fixes:
- fixed compilation with gcc 4.3
other changes:
- updated Czech translation (Thanks to Petr Korviny)
- updated Polish translation
* 2009-03-06: Version 2.17.2:
new features:
- added tabs;
All tabs share the same directory cache so if you select some entries in
a directory and you enter this directory in a different tab the previous
selection is available.
- added "modify tabs" command;
default keys are ctrl+page up/down for previous/next tab and ctrl+t/w
for new/close tab
other changes:
- improved layout configuration
- made checks for bookmarks and labels faster
- updated Czech and Slovak translation (Thanks to Petr Korviny and
Stanislav Pavlica)
* 2008-12-18: Version 2.17.1:
fixes:
- fixed endless loop in layout function for the GUI which was triggered in
version 2.17.0
other changes:
- bookmark UI tries to use as much space as necessary so no horizontal
scrolling is required
* 2008-11-11: Version 2.17.0:
new features:
- added more options to find dialog
it is possible to set modification time limits and search for given file
size
- files or directories can now be labeled to make it easier to find important
or frequently used files
- Each label may have a specific color which will be used to highlight the
corresponding entries.
There is a new configuration section for these colors.
- Parent directories also will be displayed in this color to indicate that
there are some labeled entries in this or some sub-directory (though this
feature can be disabled in the configuration of the normal file lister)
- there is a new command to change file labels which can set or remove
a given label on the active entry or ask for the label with a popup menu.
The same menu is available in the context menu of the selected entry.
The example config comes with the hotkey alt+l for keyboard access.
- all labeled entries are stored as bookmarks so they are available for
editing in the bookmark dialog
- the "set filter" command has been enhanced to allow showing only bookmarked
entries or entries with a specific label. That makes finding some bookmarked
(or labeled) entry much easier. The command may directly set the given filter
without additional interaction or a popup menu may be used to query the
filter. The example configuration uses the hotkey ctrl+d for opening the
popup.
- the bookmark dialog has been enhanced to handle the new labels.
The current entry in the file list is also highlighted if it is also
present in the bookmarks.
fixes:
- recursions in worker actions are now limited to not eating up all memory
- fixed a bug where in some circumstance the file type recognition indicator
keeps busy even if there were no files left to identify
other changes:
- the string filter (activated with ctrl+s) is now not cleared when
reloading the same directory
* 2008-07-03: Version 2.16.5:
fixes:
- the default value for the libmagic decompression option was not
correctly initialized
* 2008-07-01: Version 2.16.4:
new features:
- file type recognition by using libmagic can optionally decompress files
fixes:
- adding "run custom action" to command list of a file type opens the
configuration just as for the other commands
- fixed very rare problem when worker waits forever for an external
program to exit
other changes:
- updated Slovak translation
(Thanks to Stanislav Pavlica)
- copy/move/delete operation limits redraw of file list to speedup operation
- changing symlinks updates the directory afterwards
- bookmarks are now sorted
- creating new file types uses colors from parent type as default
- the content of the text fields in the search UI is not copied to the
clipboard when the window is opened
* 2008-04-17: Version 2.16.3:
new features:
- the file search can be limited to only search the same device as
the base directory
- added experimental XFT support (enabled with --enable-xft)
- there is a new filter in the file type configuration for showing
only matching file type names in a sorted list
- added support for libmagic (from "file") so file types can also be
recognized by the output of this library
- added optional alias for bookmarks
fixes:
- fixed text search in file viewer; after the last match was found the next
search did not started again at the beginning of the document
- fixed a minor memory leak in configuration parsing if the configuration
file contains errors
other changes:
- the command to calculate the directory sizes can now be aborted by
pressing Escape and the window is also redrawn during operation.
The directory name currently scanned is limited to fit into the
state bar and it will only be updated once per second.
- improved startup times
- faster window update for file type updates during recognition
* 2008-02-11: Version 2.16.2:
new features:
- added text search in file viewer
- search can be activated via hotkey '/', Ctrl+f, Ctrl+s or Ctrl+i
- search is case sensitive for mixed/upper case characters and
case insensitive if all characters are lower case
- regular expressions can also be used
- added configure settings for colors of text view selection
- added option (in general settings) to disable saving the worker state on
exit
- added popup menu when clicking on the statebar with right mouse button;
menu allows to access 'about', 'configure', 'quit', and to save the current
worker state (useful if disabled in configuration via the new option)
- added command to open the worker menu
fixes:
- fixed ftp command to store passwords (if enabled) of different servers
- fixed file length limit in file viewer to correctly handle files
larger than 2GB
other changes:
- file name in text view and search is shortened to fit into window
- added double buffering in file viewer to avoid flickering
* 2007-12-03: Version 2.16.1:
new features:
- improved chmod to allow adding or removing permissions instead of just only
setting them (for example useful for setting the write bit while leaving
all other permissions at original value)
- added type-ahead filter for the context menu for faster access (disabling
all entries not matching the filter)
(backspace will clear the filter again)
fixes:
- the internal file viewer no longer blocks forever when trying to view
non regular files like pipes. Worker now tries to read some bytes for only
a few seconds.
other changes:
- improved the speed of the internal file viewer, word wrapping is much faster
for large files. As a side effect the initial size with enabled word
wrapping is increased to 512 KB
- the maximal buffer size for the file viewer is limited to 1 GB and the
reload key doesn't work anymore if the file is already loaded completely
- correctly set keyboard focus for popup menus when using the mouse
- added time out for double short keys
- updated Italian catalog
(Thanks to Giulio Canevari)
* 2007-11-08: Version 2.16.0:
new features:
- added context menu for access to actions defined for the corresponding
entry
The menu is opened with the right mouse button which was previously used
for list view scrolling. This action is now activated by shift + right mouse
but it can be changed in the section about mouse button configuration
- added custom file type actions so it's possible to use more than 10 (user)
actions and also give them a reasonable name.
There is a corresponding command to activate a custom action by name and
it can also be selected in the new popup menu
- added modifier key option in the mouse button configuration so the four
mouse actions can be assigned to mouse buttons
- added command to activate context menu for keyboard use
(assigned to Ctrl+Space in default config)
fixes:
- fixed compilation with gcc 4.3
(Thanks to Tobias Toedter)
- for very long file names the text view window was to wide
- the dialog in text view was set transient for the wrong window
(Reported by Sascha Hunold)
- fixed missing redraw in automatic creation of file content test
other changes:
- viewing program in own command is hidden if it's not used
- the dialog for large files in text view can be canceled
- saving the configuration now only writes non-empty file type actions
- added Czech translation
(Thanks to erno)
* 2007-06-07: Version 2.15.0:
new features:
- added directory bookmarks
- it's possible to add directories and select whether a specific entry
will be highlighted when jumping to the bookmark
- the list of bookmarks can be filtered by entering some characters
(Shift-Backspace clears the filter)
- the list of bookmarks is written back to disc immediately whenever
a change occurs so any running Worker will see the new list when
opening the bookmark dialog
- the default key in the example configuration is meta-b (and ctrl-\)
fixes:
- fixed some problems in the internal text view with very long text lines
It could happen that the word wrapping doesn't work correctly or
a line gets overdrawn making it unreadable
As a side effect the text view is significantly faster if word wrapping
is disabled
- fixed a minor bug introduced in Worker 2.9.0
many commands just didn't had any effect if they were assigned to
drag'n'drop action
- fixed bug in the configuration of the interval text viewer which
prevented the setting of the the viewing mode
- fixed a small visual glitch when "+" was displayed in the list view bar
but no search filter was actually active
- fixed file choose dialog in configuration export, it wasn't possible to
enter a new name
other changes:
- the command "go to parent dir" now deactivates the search filter instead
of actually going to the parent directory
- since text viewing is much faster now the default buffer size is raised to
2 MB (with enabled word wrapping it's still 64 KB)
it is however now possible to increase the buffer on demand by clicking
on "Read more" (or pressing "r") in the text view.
The text viewer also asks to read the complete file if it's larger than
the default buffer size
- the horizontal scroller in the text view now only takes the visible lines
into account
- the scrollers in the text view no longer uses the background colour of the
text view making them more readable
- updated Italian catalog
(Thanks to Giulio Canevari)
* 2007-03-22: Version 2.14.4:
fixes:
- fixed bug introduced in Worker 2.14.3: It was possible that the directory
entry ".." was not visible but a phantom entry (from previous directory)
was visible at the end of the file list.
This can happen when hidden files are not visible and the file system
returns the ".." entry in an unusual order.
Worker outputs an error msg ("Nr of entries does not match real value!")
in this case.
(Thanks to Panayotis Papasotiriou for reporting this bug and helping
tracking it down)
* 2007-03-19: Version 2.14.3:
new features:
- when searching an entry in the list view (with Ctrl-s) the list will be
filtered on-the-fly to only show the matching entries. The filter is active
until the directory is reloaded or another search is started.
The list view bar indicates such a filter by using a "+" character (in
contrast to "*" when normal filters are active)
This feature can be deactivated in the configuration of the list view mode.
- ftp command: it's possible to use an anonymous login
fixes:
- search: jumping to files containing wildcards characters ([,*...)
didn't worked correctly
(Reported by Johannes Rosky)
- fixed a visual bug where it was possible that both sides highlight the
active entry
other changes:
- added Slovak translation
(Thanks to Stanislav Pavlica)
- initial language selection shows now a list of available languages
- search: the file name field is focused when opening the window
- search: when the search is finished the number of results is updated
correctly in the list of previous searches
* 2007-01-30: Version 2.14.2:
fixes:
- fixed a problem with corrupt directories
If the entry ".." occurs several time in a directory listing, some real
entries weren't shown in the list view
- search result "/" (just the root dir) was displayed as "//"
other changes:
- match name in search is now case insensitive by default
- pressing ctrl+return anywhere in the search window now immediately starts
the search
- text view highlights the line when jumping to a line or viewing a search
result
(Thanks to Sascha Hunold for a patch)
- search results now uses list view colors from main list view
- text view colors are configurable
- the GUI is more responsive when the search finds a large number of results
(Worker was busy fetching the results)
(Reported by Sascha Hunold)
- when saving the configuration, the old file will be renamed to wconfig.bck
* 2006-11-12: Version 2.14.1:
fixes:
- window titles are now correctly set to UTF8 strings if UTF8 is active
(Reported by Carsten Hackbusch)
other changes:
- added Dutch translation
(Thanks to Arnold A.Perne)
- improved directory reload; if the previously active entry is not available
anymore, the entry at the previous row will be activated
- search now also matches directory names
(Reported by Sascha Hunold)
- if a "ScriptOp" operation cannot continue because an external commands
outputs errors on stderr, the messages will be shown in the corresponding
dialog
* 2006-09-12: Version 2.14.0:
new features:
- added search command
- the internal text viewer is now able to show line numbers and jump to
a line (shortcut "l" switches viewing of line numbers)
fixes:
- fixed bug in "set filter" command, the option "exclude" was not correctly
written to config file
- the avfs LDFLAGS has not been set correctly so Worker couldn't be compiled
in some circumstances
(Reported by Piotr Wawrzyniak)
- fixed bug in Worker configuration in the section about the terminal
program. Switching to a different panel didn't work as supposed.
(Reported by Sascha Hunold)
other changes:
- pthread library is now required
- gcc <3 support is officially removed
- added Italian man page
(Thanks to Giulio Canevari)
* 2006-07-21: Version 2.13.1:
fixes:
- fixed problem in font handling. Worker refused to start if the "fixed" font
is not available. Some other fonts will be tried before giving up.
- fixed bug in file type recognition. The flag "don't check virtual files for
content" was ignored in some circumstances.
other changes:
- added French man page
(Thanks to Kamardine Mohamed)
- updated Italian catalog
(Thanks to Giulio Canevari)
* 2006-06-22: Version 2.13.0:
new features:
- added utf8 support (can be disabled by configure option)
fixes:
- fixed small bug in font configuration which prevented configuring font
for right list view
(Reported by Panayotis Papasotiriou)
- fixed thousands separator for utf8 locales
(Reported by Emmanuel Proust)
other changes:
- the copy window update for file progress is limited to 15 updates
per second
- added text area for font configuration to test selected font
- updated PatternRename script, default action is now preview/quit not rename
* 2006-05-03: Version 2.12.0:
new features:
- changed configuration so most options are directly configurable in the main
window
- added Space and Backspace keys in text-view for page scrolling
(Thanks to Giulio Canevari for the patch)
fixes:
- fixed message string in "Start prog" command to use correct catalog entry
* 2006-03-06: Version 2.11.2:
new features:
- internal view now also decompress gzip/bzip2 files before viewing them
(even inside archives)
- internal view doesn't show \r anymore (for DOS files)
- pressing escape in the delete window now also cancel it immediately
fixes:
- fixed window for "deselect filter" action
- the "$" character in directory names prevented dir entering
(Reported by Guilio Canevari)
- in some circumstances clicking cancel in the copy window was ignored
other changes:
- removed dependency to libz/libbz2 and libxpkmaster
all functionality is replaced by avfs usage
- removed support for loading of Worker1 config files
- added iso9660 and 7zip filetype to default config
(Thanks to Giulio Canevari)
- updated french catalog
(Thanks again to rno)
* 2005-12-15: Version 2.11.1:
new features:
- The "search entry" command can now optionally search backwards
- It is possible to jump to an entry in the list view by pressing the key
matching the first character of the entry
(This can be deactivated in the "normal mode" configuration)
- the mouse actions in the list view can be configured (in the global
configuration section)
It is possible to swap any mouse button and select an alternative selection
method which acts more like common desktop environments
- mouse pointer changes when moving the mouse over the drag area in the
list view headers
fixes:
- fixed segfault when the font name in the config file is invalid
(Reported by Zhang Weiwu)
- fixed segfault introduced in version 2.11.0 in the file requester, pressing
enter was crashing worker
- fixed small visual bug in the text area
other changes:
- added 7zip buttons to the default config and updated italian catalog
(Thanks to Giulio Canevari)
* 2005-10-25: Version 2.11.0:
new features:
- Worker can now use any font not just fixed width fonts
- it is now possible to change the width of the list view columns.
Drag the end of the header box for a fixed width or double click it for
dynamic width
fixes:
- fixed bug in internal view
When started indirectly (for example when starting show action which
contains the internal view command) worker did segfault.
- fixed small display bug in state bar (KB suffix was inserted at wrong
position sometimes)
- Worker did show negative remaining time in file copy sometimes
- Worker compiles again with IBM VisualAge compiler (xlC)
(Thanks to Igor for report and proposed fixes)
- Using information mode on ".." entry was forcing to many redraws
other changes:
- there is a new spanish translation thanks to Victor Alcazar
- updated example configurations
- updated license dialog
- removed nanosleep declaration which was necessary for older Mac OS X
releases but prevented compiling on later versions
* 2005-07-25: Version 2.10.2:
new features:
- improved "start prog" command
It's now possible to handle the file as a different filetype or choose an
avfs handler from a list of all possible avfs handlers.
- double clicking on files with empty double click action list will start
the improved "start prog" action
- the seperator character in file sizes is now inserted every 3 digits no
matter how large the number is (previously it was only inserted up to 3 times)
(based on a patch from Tobias Toedter)
fixes:
- fixed bug in file copy: The return value of the final close() of the
destination file wasn't checked which can lead to incomplete files in some
circumstances (it occures on nfs devices where a write() to a full device
is still successful but the final close() will fail)
If you use avfs you also have to update to atleast avfs 0.9.6 as a similar
bug was there too
other changes:
- the xliwrapper program for calling xli from the "image view mode" is now
a shell script
(Thanks to Tobias Toedter)
* 2005-06-23: Version 2.10.1:
new features:
- added internal text view command
Currently the first 64 KB of a file will be shown with selectable
word wrapping
other changes:
- improved color palette configuration
- small GUI improvements (click on choose button text will toggle it)
- updated italian catalog
(Thanks again to Giulio Canevari)
- updated cd2mp3/ogg/flac/wav script
(Thanks again to Giulio Canevari)
* 2005-04-06: Version 2.10.0:
new features:
- added virtual file system using AVFS (avf.sf.net)
Finally it is possible to access archives or files on remote computers.
There is some basic introduction in the docs but for more information about
the usage you should read the docs of AVFS
But the default configuration already contains all filetype definitions
needed to access archives. These definitions can also be downloaded from
the add-on page for import.
- virtual files can be excluded from file content test which is set by
default (in the "dirs not to check" configuration for filetypes)
- there is a new option for the "own command" and "start prog" operation
which prevents Worker from entering the current directory
- there is a new flag {t} for a temporary copy of the entry ({f}) to be able
to use external programs with virtual files
- there is a new operation "ftp connection" to access remote ftp sites
It is possible to store the password in the configuration but not encrypted!
- For the "Script" operation and for the extended test for filetypes there is
a new function isLocal which can be used to test if the entry is a local or
virtual file
fixes:
- compilation fix for upcoming gcc4 and a warning on 64bit system
(Thanks to Andreas Jochens for the patch)
- fixed update of free disk space information (update took too long and for
symlinks to other partitions it showed the wrong information)
- environment variables can now really be used for start directory and path
entry
(reported by Sascha Hunold)
- fixed visual glitches in the path input line. Worker also restores the
content if new path cannot be opened
other changes:
- temporary files will now be stored in an own directory worker-$USER in the
tmp dir ($TMPDIR is now also honored)
- Worker shows a dialog if entering a directory is not possible
- updated man page
- there is a new script "xeditor" which searches for existing editors. This
script is used by the default and the editor used can be overridden by the
env var WORKER_XEDITOR
* 2004-12-20: Version 2.9.0:
new features:
- added filetype hierarchie
each filetype can contain subtypes
subtypes will be checked if the filetype tests of the parent type matches
the current file or the parent type does not use any tests
the action of the parent type is used if the action list of the type is
empty or the "parent action" command is used
The "no operation" command can be used to not execute the commands of the
parent type
- there is now a filetype color configuration
it's possible to select custom colors, use the colors of the parent type
or even use the output of an external program to select the colors
- it's now possible to cut and paste filetypes in the configuration
fixes:
- fixed bug where under certain circumstances Worker accessed freed pointers
when executing actions
This bug could appear if actions are used after using "enter dir" or
"reload" command
- a file will only be shown as executable if the user really has the
permission to execute it
- fixed compilation when pthreads is not used
- extented filetype test honours the "dirs no to check"
- fixed problem when sometimes filetype gets checked twice
other changes:
- improved check for identical source and destination file for file copy
- the own command is now always the first entry in the command selection
window
- in the filecontent configuration for filetypes, the automatic creation
now accepts any number of files
- doubleclick on directories now honours the doubleclick action of the
directory type (enter directory is the fallback action if the
doubleclick action list is empty)
(reported by Raik Lieske)
- cursor keys can be used in requesters to change the focus element and
the enter key can now also be used for any button and not just the first
(reported by Loki and others)
- copying of a corrupt symlink (link destination does not exists) in "follow
symlinks" mode now copy the symlink itself instead of showing a error-
requester
- The email address "ralf.hoffmann@epost.de" will expire soon, new address
is "ralf@boomerangsworld.de"
* 2004-07-28: Version 2.8.5:
new features:
- added more flexible filetype description using conditional expressions
it's similar to the if-expression in the script command
possible functions are:
- toNum(...): change string to number
toStr(...): change number to string
isReg(): test for regular file
isSock(): test for socket
isFIFO(): test for FIFO (pipe)
isSymlink(): test for symlink
size(): size of file
perm(mask): numerical permission
toLower()/toUpper(): change string to lower/upper
contentStr(x,y): y Bytes from file content starting at position x
contentNum(x,y): like contentStr but interpreted as a number
name()/fullname(): file name/full file name
- the flags {f} and {F} can be also used for the filename inside strings
this allows for the use of any external program to determine the
filetype (e.g. using the file command)
- there are the usual operators as "<", ">=" and so on and it is possible
to use regular expressions using ~=
- there is also an more or less extensive help
- some examples:
- Test for shell scripts:
( contentStr( 0, 2 ) == "#!" ) && ( contentStr( 2, 10 ) ~= "/bin/[a-zA-Z]*sh.*" )
- Test for OctaMED music files:
( toUpper( contentStr( 0, 3 ) ) == "MED" ) || ( toUpper( contentStr( 0, 4 ) ) ~= "MMD[0-9]" )
- Use "file" for type recognition:
( ${file -b {F}} ~= "ASCII C program text" )
- there is an extensive help for the pattern configuration
fixes:
- fixed copy of non-regular files if "follow symlinks" is used
copying symlinks pointing to non-regular files (devices, pipes, ...) did not
create these special files but only regular files
- fixed text for move operation in the progress window, now it prints "Move"
instead of "Copy"
- compile fix for gcc 3.4
(reported by Goetz Waschk)
- compile fix for QNX
(reported by Toni Ruza)
other changes:
- updated italian catalog
(Thanks again to Giulio Canevari)
* 2004-03-17: Version 2.8.4:
new features:
- the layout of the main window is configurable (in global settings)
Select the button and listview orientation and the positions of the elements
- filetypes: added flag to match the full name (including the path) for
pattern matching
- copy/delete/rename/symlink: highlights entry currently processed
- configuration: the button banks can be swapped
(suggested by Harlock and Jan Windischmann)
fixes:
- fixed possible lockup when using threads
(reported by Harlock and others)
other changes:
- GUI improvements
- copy: updates "bytes to copy" when skipping files
- copy: Worker updates the copy window before an error requester
- filetypes: empty file content descriptions are now ignored
(reported by Ulf Hartwig)
- filetypes: fixed file content configuration to not select several entries
at once
- added some example scripts and corresponding buttons to convert
cd tracks to several formats
(Giulio Canevari)
* 2003-12-18: Version 2.8.3:
fixes:
- fixed a little bug which partialy prevents the configuration of
the filetypes
other changes:
- window creation will wait till window mapping
* 2003-11-26: Version 2.8.2:
new features:
- the listview header colors are now configurable
(reported by Piotr Rzepka)
- search entry now allows case insensitive search (activate it in the command
configuration)
fixes:
- fixed possible endless loop in directory read
(reported by Florian Zwoch)
- fixed information mode to keep currently visible information when other side
is deactivated and no longer try to update information for a corrupt symlink
(reported by Giulio Canevari)
- improved configure checks for statvfs/statfs for improved compatibility
Worker can now be compiled on OpenBSD
(Thanks to Ingolf Schuchardt for support and access to an OpenBSD box)
- some other code changes to allow compilation on Solaris2.7
(Thanks to Jean-Francois Magni for testing)
- the status bar is now correctly updated even when the listview doesn't
list any directory
other changes:
- gui code cleanup
- left align listview header text when it doesn't fit into the header
(reported by Giulio Canevari)
- print installation directory at the end of the configure script
- Worker will now also compile on AIX with the gcc compiler
* 2003-08-17: Version 2.8.1:
new features:
- external programs which run in the foreground (i.e., Worker waits for
completion) can now be detached with Escape or the middle mouse button
- added some new columns: Inode number, number of hard links, number of
blocks
the information mode will also show this values
- for devices the size of the entry is now the major/minor number
- added headerline for the listview
you will see the field name and you can click on it to change the sortmode
- there is an additional symbol in the listview bar (above the listview)
which is visible when Worker is still recognizing filetypes
fixes:
- fixed buffer overflow in informationmode
(reported by Cyriac Benoit)
other changes:
- chmod/chown: chmod will no longer read all affected directories at the
beginning but change permissions on the fly. This way you are able to
change the permissions for directories you are currently not able to read.
the same goes for chown although you won't notice any different because
chown is only allowed for root (on most systems) and root can always read
the dirs
- used thousand separator from current locale
(Thanks for the patch to Tobias Toedter)
- added some more tests for large files in the configure-script. This should
fix compile problems with RedHat 7
- modified default configs so TGZ/TBZ2 actions should work on any system no
matter if tar doesn't understands the special options
updated addons are also available
- Worker will compile on AIX (only with xlc compiler)
- updated italian catalog
(Thanks to Giulio Canevari)
* 2003-06-08: Version 2.8.0:
new features:
- the configuration file format is now text based
Worker will continue to load old binary files and old binary export files.
You can now also import whole configurations
Although you can now edit the config don't expect any documentation about
the keywords and file structure and whatever
- added new flag for "own command": {scripts} which will be replaced by the
path to the scripts dir inside worker's share directory
This can be used for easy access to additional scripts
- there is a new bash script "pattern rename"
For a given match pattern you can replace/add text at the beginning/mid/end
of all matched filenames
There is a button in the default config and you can also download this button
from my homepage (->AddOns)
(Thanks to aaron who wrote this script and the button)
other changes:
- worker will compile with Sun C++ compiler
- renaming (in rename and copy) to empty name is now catched
- when starting DoubleClick/Show/RawShow/User-action the selected entries
will no longer be deselected at the beginning but only depending on the
used flags in the actions
- cancelling copy will open requester for confirmation
- in the "disc is full"-requester the affected file will be shown
- added italian catalog
(Thanks to Amedeo Brunetti and Giulio Canevari)
- updated russian catalog
(Thanks again to Ilya V. Yalovoy)
- fixed RAR buttons/filetype in the default configs
- fixed button titles in import window
* 2003-04-27: Version 2.7.1:
new features:
- added support for large files (>= 2GB)
- improved error requesters for un-stat-able directory entries
you can abort the directory reading and directories containing such
directories with these entries remain selected when copying/deleting them
- support env variables in path buttons
(suggested by Thomas Helbig)
- worker compiles with Cygwin
(Thanks to Stephan Henningsen)
- chmod: the keypad can be used to select permissions also with NumLock=off
- create symlink: function can now create absolute and relative symlinks
option "local symlink" renamed to "relative symlink"
example: link /usr/bin/gs to /usr/local/bin/gs will be "../../bin/gs"
- show image mode:
- Worker can use ImageMagick's display for embedded display
(select it from the "show image mode"-configuration
[Right click at list view bar->show image mode->set to default viewer])
ImageMagick knows more file formats but is also slower
- moved wrappers for xli/display to share/worker/scripts
- configuration: ask when canceling a changed configuration
security fixes:
- copy: destination directories were created with 755 permissions and got
correct permissions only at the end of directory copy
now the destination directories will be created with 700 permissions
(and of course get correct permission at the end)
fixes:
- fixed if-parser in the script command
it was possible to use "=" instead of "==" which led to wrong results
- copy: fixed restoring of old owner and permission
copy will restore SUID/SGID bit only when root or owner of file
(reported by Simonics Zsolt)
- fixed resizing of some windows, some windowmanagers (like kwm) doesn't
accept my way
- fixed some problems with the script-command examples, the extension wasn't
recognized correctly
You can download the new example from my homepage, but they are of course
included in the default configs
(reported by aaron)
- Worker will no longer try to enter a directory which is not executable for
the user
- fixed segfault when resizing some windows in the configuration
other changes:
- russian catalog (Thanks to Ilya V. Yalovoy)
- worker searchs for the datadir (for catalogs, default configs...) now in
the following places:
1.compiled PREFIX/share/worker
2.<exe-location>/../share/worker
3./usr/share/worker
4./usr/local/share/worker
5.$HOME/share/worker
This way moving around an already compiled version is much easier
* 2002-10-26: Version 2.7.0:
- fixed a major security problem with filenames with special characters
Since commands will be executed in a shell-script, characters in filenames
with special meaning for the shell will disturb the correct execution.
For example: Viewing a file "something`rm some_other_file`" would remove
the "some_other_file"!!!!!
All executed commands will be now protected in single quotes.
As a side effect most of the shell features are no longer possible. The
following list contains all allowed strings which have to appear as a single
word:
| - pipe
; - command separation
& - execute in background
|| - or
&& - and
>, <, >&2,
1>, 1>&2, 2>,
2>&1, >>,
1>>, 2>> - redirections
Because of the changes "With quotes" in the "own command" is removed because
filenames are now always quoted. For example "xv {f}" will work for any
filename.
all flag-replacements in "own command" are always protected with quotes
but you can disable this with "-" before the flag
e.g.: make -f {f} {-Rs{Make target:}{}}
But there is normally no need to change the commands because most will
work just as before and e.g.
xv "{f}"
is still okay.
Some of my examples for the "script" command need changes so I update the
example configs and the AddOns on the homepage
- this "special character" problem also affects the copy of special files
(symlinks, pipes,...)
worker copies these special files now with intern functions
No extern command for these files anymore so removed the options in "copy"
command configuration
An update is highly recommended!!
- copy: When a read error appears while copying a file this error was not
noticed (no requester and this file was marked as correctly copied), fixed
Also improved error requesters for other errors
- copy: when resizing the copy-window, the filenames are redrawn (in the case
they were too long)
- copy: When canceling "move", you will be asked whether to delete the already
correctly copied files from the source
- because env-variables are no longer available with shell-features
(e.g. $HOME) there is now a new flag for "own command" (and "script command")
{vEnvName}, e.g. you get your home dir with {vHOME}
- the default- and infotext for the Rs-Flag is now no longer length-limited
- start prog: the string has the same limitations as "own command" so
the default value (the active entry) is now already protected
- added toNum and toStr to the if-parser in the "script" command
- the informationmode now shows also the file permission as octal number
- the permission string in the ListView now has 10 chars like ls or mc
before the filename there is now also a special character for special files
(pipes, devices...)
- filterselect: window is now resizeable
- new command: show directory cache
it will open a window with all parent directory names for the current dir
and all names from the directory cache. You can choose a dir or enter a
new name
doubleclick in the listview-bar (above the ListView) will also open this
window
- show image mode: the program string is now only the program name, no %s...
anymore
- fixed loading of Worker1 configs (shortkeys were lost)
also fixed builtin config (when no config file is available)
- updated for autoconf 2.54/automake 1.7
- added parent dir buttons (..) to the path line for each side
(suggested by Amedeo Brunetti)
- added support non-latin character input like cyrillic chars and also
support dead keys
(Thanks to Ilya V. Yalovoy for hints and testing)
- improved support for corrupt directories (without .. entry)
* 2002-08-26: Version 2.6.1:
- fixed compile-bug for gcc >= 3.1
(Thanks to Goetz Waschk for the patch)
- the filetypes in the configuration are sorted now
(suggested by Martin Kaehmer)
- the mousewheel can be used to switch buttonbank when using it at the
clockbar
- improved diskspace updating, also fixed overflow for percent calculation
in information mode
- added 48x48, 32x32 and 16x16 icons
* 2002-08-18: Version 2.6.0:
- return in requesters is now only allowed when okay button holds focus
use space for any other button
- fixed filetype-recognition order. Now it really first checks the content
for all types and in a second run the pattern
- filetype-recognition: scans the visible entries first
- filetype-recognition: added "ignore case" flag and support for regular
expressions
- filetype-recognition: added support for bzip2 and xpkmaster
Worker supports now:
- gzip
- bzip2
- xpkmaster (currently the most important is sqsh)
- configuration: when creating a filetype using "automatic creation", Worker
will now also uncompress the files just like the recognition will do so you
can select 3 files of the type no matter how they are compressed
- configuration: copying a button/hotkey/path don't duplicate the shortkeys
- configuration: when adding commands, the last used command is highlighted
- configuration: when adding commands, the configuration is called if available
doubleclicking a command from the list will now also open the configuration
- fixed bug in infomode when displaying a symlink with no destination
- own command: you can now select the program with a filerequester
- new command "Script"
It's now possible to create programs for the buttons/hotkeys/filetypes
You can store data on stacks (as many as you want) and jump at condition to
labels.
Here's a list of what's possible with this new command:
- push
push a string (which can contains flags) or the output of this string
on a stack of your choice
- label
just a label for if/goto
- if
test the condition and jump to label when true ( != 0 )
you can use parentheses, && and || if needed.
<, <=, ==, >=, >, != works as usual.
"" marks a string which can contains the usual flags
${} will be replaced with the output the command in braces
?{} same with the returncode of the command
true is always true
false is always false
isEmpty(nr) is true when stack <nr> is empty
size(nr) is the size of stack <nr>
filelistEmpty(0 or 1) is true when filelist is empty (no more {f})
0 means the current panel, 1 the other
- end
immediatly stops the command-list execution
- settings
set "recursive" when you want collect the files recursive
set "with quotes" when you want filenames in quotes
set "also use dirs for flag-replacing" when you also want to use the
directories themselve (when collecting recursive)
- goto
jump to given label
For the own command (and also push/if) there are some new flags:
- {top stack-number}
gets the top element of the given stack
- {pop stack-number}
gets and remove the top element of the given stack
- {size stack-number}
gets the size of the stack
You can run if and push in debug-mode so it's easier to check what's going on
Finally you can also use a window to display some information to the user
- there is a progressbar and a multi-line textarea
both are controlled by strings which can contain the usual flags and also
the output of the string can be used
For a newline in the textarea use a '|' in the string.
The progressbar-string will be converted to a number and has to be between
0 and 100
If you run into an endless loop you can send a USR1-signal to stop execution
The execution will be stopped whenever you use the output/returncode of a
command and this command writes something to stderr
All in all I think this is a feature for the advanced user but it's not so
difficult as it sounds. I added some buttons to the default config with some
examples which can you also download from the new section "AddOns" from my
homepage:
The easiest example: Ask the bitrate and convert all selected files to mp3
Other example: number all selected files through
- show output didn't work for startprog, fixed
- listview-scrollers have now a minimum width/height
- go to dir: specialdir supports the usual flags from "own command"
- copy: for the current file the rate over the last second is now displayed
instead of the average rate (as shown before) which is now displayed in the
next line
- copy: show complete path when requesting new name because there is already
an existing entry
- copy: when requesting destination the default is now the directory from
the other panel (suggested by Ernest Beinrohr)
- the copy-window shows the progress in the title
(suggested by Ernest Beinrohr)
- when copy of non-regular file failed (with cp), the error-requester shows
now also the error output of this command.
There is now also a "Cancel" button
- DND: Worker now deselect the dropped entry
(reported by Gary Watson)
- the compression-handler is displayed in the informationmode
- rename: cancel now really aborts in any case
- rename: the name in the StringGadget is now highlighted
- rename: show active entry after rename
- rename: redraw whole listview for each entry (just looks better because
the columns are correct)
- changed behaviour of Show/RawShow/User/DoubleClick/DND-Actions so they will
only run for involved entries
this means for example when doubleclicking a picture and you have the
ShowAction in the DoubleClick-Action command list, the ShowAction will only
run for the doubleclicked entry and not for all selected like before
- the width/height of mainwindow is now stored for each screen independent
- added GPL to the about requester
- for flag-replacing in own command and the new script command:
When collecting files recursive, you got an empty string for the directory
names. Now you will only get the filenames by default, but there is a new
switch "Also use dirs for flag-replacing" so you can also use the directory
names
- Worker checks for updated config file once per minute and ask you for reload
* 2002-05-26: Version 2.5.0:
- added native chown
- added focus handling for the gui
use tab/shift-tab to switch to next/prev element
use space to activate an element
return is handled like clicking at okay (only when focus is not on any
button of the bottom line (except okay of course))
- you can now use as many shortkeys as you want for one button/hotkey/path
- double shortkeys are also possible now (like Ctrl-x c)
- filterselect, filterunselect and setfilter now have a history for used
patterns
- for chmod/chown "Request these flags" is now on as default
- when running worker as root, the statebar turns red and the window title is
"rootWorker"
- faster startup (especially for big window)
- worker now stores the position of the listview correctly when switching to
other displaymode (informationmode, show image mode)
- improved speed for filetype recognition (especially for big directories)
- when deleting/moving files in some cases the progress-window wasn't updated
correctly
- fixed drawing/refresh problems for delete
- fixed crash when mainwindow is too small (reported by Josef Oswald)
- fixed bug in statebar calculation
* 2002-04-06: Version 2.4.0:
- filetype-recognition is now done by threads
this result in faster recognition at fast devices and no more waiting
for slow devices (like floppydiscs)
Thread-support can be disabled
- partition-size-reading is now also done by a thread
- own command got a new option "Run in background"
Background commands will be disconnected from the Worker-process and won't
be killed when worker quits
- date/time format is now configurable (in "Global configuration") and there
is also name-substitution for today, yesterday,...
- added sortmodes for type and owner
- configuration import/export added (buttons/filetypes/hotkeys)
- changed behaviour and requester when disc is full while copying
You can now choose to keep the incomplete file or delete it but in any
case the sourcefile isn't deleted (which was done when "Okay" was chosen
in the requester)
reported by Rick Younie
- reload got a new option "Keep filetypes"
- dirsize will rebuild listview for each calculated element
reported by Dirk Weber
- show/rawshow/user/...-actions are now also applicable to the active entry
- Buttons are now only clickable if they have assigned commands
- the filetype-, hotkey- and flag-request-window (for own command) are now
resizeable
- no quit-requester when closing main-window
- chmod-requester improved
- polish catalog (Thanks to Pawel Kaczor)
* 2002-01-09: Version 2.3.1:
- improved top statebar (Thanks to Martin Kähmer)
- when changing sortmode, active entry is centered
- new command "activate shortkey from list"
You can choose shortkey from a list and activate it
useful for forgotten shortkeys or as an overview of all defined shortkeys
- fixed calculation of "bytes to copy"
- copy/delete-windows are now resizeable
also filename/dirname will be shorten to fit in the window
- compiles (and runs :-) ) on Mac OS X (Darwin)
(Thanks to Malcolm Cleland)
* 2001-11-05: Version 2.3.0:
- some changes for gcc 3.0 but I have no chance to test it, reports are
welcome
- new option for delete-function to remove the active entry when no other are
selected
- new option for reload-function to reset the previous calculated dir sizes
- added option to show "<DIR>" instead of the size for directories (of course
only if the dirsize is unknown)
you will find this option in the "global configuration"-section
- when entering a shortkey in the configuration you can now remove an other
reference to this key
- the command-list in the configuration is now sorted ignoring case
- some GUI improvements
- nicer (atleast I think so) turned-down corner in buttons with two functions
- buttons with no assigned function cannot be clicked
- now left- or rightclick at the clockbar will show the next buttonbank
- middleclick in the listview will just activate the entry without changing
the selection state
- fixed problem with dynamic coloumnwidth when filters are active and
excluding some files
- fixed problem when changing filters or showHidden-mode, which could stopped
the filerecognition
- dirs containing files which can't be stat-ed will now also be displayed
(without these files but there will be a requester for each file)
- finally: added a fontrequester so it's easy to select a different font
* 2001-07-08: Version 2.2.2:
- configurable listview-background
- wait-cursor while reading dir and executing external progs
- improved cut&paste (works with more apps)
- improved mainwindow-title (path of the active listview is shown)
- some catalog-changes and updated french catalog
- fixed filename-search when hiding hidden files
- improved dir-cache-replacement-strategy
not recently used are droped when cache is full
- filters are now not applied for dirs
- added "unset all filters" in filterconfiguration
- icon will be installed in $prefix/share/pixmaps
* 2001-05-08: Version 2.2.1:
- bug fix in delete window
- minor bug fix for reloading a dir, sometimes the active entry was deactivated
- new option for the copy-operation: preserve attributes
when set, the permissions/owner/modificationtime/accesstime will be restored
(as far as possible)
default is on
- a corrupt symlink will now be treated as file
- the colors for the active entry can now be changed
- improved search-operation:
- a recall will search the next entry with the same prefix
- stars (*) are also supported now so it's possibly to search for file
containing the pattern inside the filename
a trailing star is always implied
* 2001-03-20: Version 2.2.0:
- sortmode change with the action will update the lvb
- fixed problem with giving a startdir relative to the current dir
(Martin Kaehmer)
- worker_inst exists no longer, Worker will do it instead
- it's now configurable what to show in the clockbar
the configuration can be reached by a new subsection in the config-win
it can show the time/ram, only the time, the worker version (for no system
load) and the output of any external program
- the correct background color is taken for the "show image mode"
(rno)
- in the button/path-configurations the actionmodes (copy/swap/delete)
can stay active until other choose when selecting "extended" in the same
window in the new cyclebutton
this is useful for copying/swapping/deleting more than one button/path
- dirs can now ignored for filetype-checking (exactly: in this dirs only
the pattern is used (if used))
the new configuration can be found in the filetype-settings
this is useful for slow devices like a floppydisc
- updated french catalog
* 2001-03-01: Version 2.1.0:
- fixed bug in deleteop/copyop (buffer overflow)
(Martin Kaehmer)
- fixed bug when copy in readonly
- added setsortmode op
(Martin Kaehmer)
- added setfilter
(Martin Kaehmer)
- the used terminal is now configurable
- Worker can redraw the window when waiting for a extern command
- cycle through cyclebuttons with right mouse button backwards
(Martin Kaehmer)
- the function "reload" can now also be used for DND-actions
- after rename, the active entry is shown
(Martin Kaehmer)
- the sortmode is shown in the bar above the lister
N = namesort
S = sizesort
M = modificationtime-sort
A = accesstime-sort
C = changetime-sort
R = reverse
(Martin Kaehmer)
- the ".."-entry is now always active for loaded dirs which are not in the cache
(Martin Kaehmer)
- new flag for the "own command": {dp} for the destination path of a DND-action
- the requester for existing file in copy/move now shows
the size and modificationtime of both files
* 2001-02-05: Version 2.0.2:
- fixed bug when displaying name in first column, the line is empty
(Thanks to Donald J. Maddox, Alan K. Jackson)
- right justify size
(Thanks to Martin Kaehmer)
- fixed bug in text-entries
(Thanks to Martin Kaehmer)
- fixed bug in externop in flag parsing
(Thanks to Rick Younie, Harlock)
- support for filesizes/dirsizes >4GByte (if your system supports 64 bit type)
(Thanks to Martin Kaehmer,Harlock)
- no longer displays readable but not executable dirs (r--)
side effect: dirsize will not show weird values
- for own commands and string requests, Cancel will really cancel
the operation
(Thanks to Rick Younie)
- in the configuration, the "Choose Command"-requester is now sorted and
also resizeable
(Thanks to Rick Younie)
- the partitionsize/freespace of the actual dir can be shown in the
listviewbar
(Thanks to Rick Younie,Martin Kaehmer)
- the display of owner/group is switchable ("user @ group" or "user.group")
(Thanks to Rick Younie)
- the ".."-entry is no longer selectable nor it will be counted
(Thanks to Martin Kaehmer)
- rewrote xliwrapper_worker and worker.inst (now worker_inst) in C
- fixed foreground of empty buttons in the example-configurations
(Thanks to Rick Younie)
- finally DND is usable
To activate: Select the entry and hold the left mousebutton, then click
the right.
Now move to destination and release the left button.
You can cancel DND with Escape or a rightclick when dragging!
If there is no DND-action defined for the type of the
dragged entry, the DND-action from the "NoSelect"-type
is used!
Limitations:
You can only drag one entry
This works only inside Worker
* 2001-01-10: Version 2.0.1:
- fixed error in color handling >8 colors
- fixed error in CopyOp with FastMode
- don't refuse to copy in symlinked dir
- fixed problem with catalog-loading
- correct catalog templates
- french catalog and example-config (Thanks to rno <noospot42@f2s.com> for this)
- added Keypad-usage in StringGadget (you can now also enter the numbers with
it)
* 2001-01-06: Version 2.0.0:
- rewritten in C++
- shown informations of entries can be freely configured
- added show image mode for display of the active entry in the other side
- added directory-buffer
- show/hide hiddenfiles
- can use more than one action for buttons/filetypes/hotkeys
- takes two args and display the dirs
- better GUI, f.i. the textinput doesn't block anymore and understands the
shell-shortcuts (ctrl-a,...)
- better searchmode, also doesn't block and begins at active entry
- more call-possibilities for filetypes (f.i. doubleclick, show)
- filterselect now on files OR dirs
- doesn't accept duplicate shortcuts
- correct display of NTFS directories (Thanks to Pawel Kaczor)
- some fixes in configuration (Thanks to Fireball)
- compiles and runs on FreeBSD 2.2.2 (Thanks to Fireball)
- mouse wheel support
- man page
- many other small things I forgot
* 2000-01-22: Version 1.3.3:
- bug fixes (Thanks to Thomas Bader)
- compile error
- now Dock-able (for WindowMaker and perhaps other)
* 1999-09-17: Version 1.3.2:
- bug fixes (Thanks to Piergiorgio Ghezzo)
- compile error
- configuration segmentation fault
* 1999-09-07: Version 1.3.1:
- compiling and installing using "configure"-Script
- english documentation
* 1999-05-16: Version 1.3.0:
- dynamic width of size, name and type to remove useless spaces between
sections
- if worker cannot repaint the window, X will use the color 0 as background
- the copy-function has two new flags:
- copy to same directory: for duplicate
- request destination
- the configuration-program now shows correctly the shift-flag
- now there are some arguments, mainly for request the version:
-V, --version, -help, --help
- new functions:
- chmod
- toggle infomode
- search entry
- path to other lister
- enter new path
- the user-commando has an improvement:
- the option {Rs} now can get an infostring and a defaultstring
usage: {Rs<infostring><defaultstring>}
NOTE: the chars "<" and ">" are importent
* 1999-04-29: Version 1.2.0:
- great Speedimprovement in the CopyFile-Operation (especially on ZIP's ...)
- removed Bug in the Move-operation: AFTER finish of move it's possibly that
worker crashes
- now worker can be compiled with egcs without any warning
- complete showing of file-permissions
- file-size will be printed with points after 3 and 6 digits for better
reading
- there is no longer an extra program for configuration, so you can
configurate worker while running
* 1999-03-30: Version 1.1.0:
- Worker and WConfig are font-sensitive
- some improvements for successful compiling with egcs
- better handling of file-selecting
- Worker and WConfig supports infinite banks for buttons
- Copy/Move ask for destination, if the other side doesn't support the action
- improved performance of the DirSize-function
- now using active entry if no other is selected (except the delete-function)
- the move-operation now delete the files (if needed) on the end of the
Operation
* 1999-03-06: Version 1.0.0:
- first public release
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